Candlestick Park was the site of The Beatles’ final ticketed concert back on August 29, 1966. Tickets to the Beatles’ 1966 Candlestick gig started at $4.50, with box seats going for $6.50.

In the decades since the stadium’s 1961 opening, it’s hosted everyone from the Giants to the 49ers to a Pope to the Rolling Stones.

McCartney last performed in San Francisco at this past summer’s Outside Lands festival in Golden Gate Park. It was then that the former Beatle told San Francisco city leaders he’d be interested in playing a sendoff show at the Stick.

“One thing about Paul McCartney is, he has a sense of history and he understands how historic this will be,” Perloff said. “And for him, he’s very emotional about having played Candlestick before.”

Perloff said the stadium will hold 45,000 people for the concert. The stage will sit on the grass at the north end zone, where 49ers legend Dwight Clark hauled in the famous “Catch” in 1982.

Candlestick Park is scheduled to be demolished sometime at the end of this year or early next year to make way for San Francisco-based developer Lennar Urban's plans for a mixed-use housing and commercial development on the site.

The San Francisco 49ers, who have played at Candlestick since 1971, are moving to the new $1.2 billion Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara for the upcoming NFL season.

The city is planning several other farewell events for Candlestick between now and August.

The final game to ever be played at Candlestick will be an exhibition held on July 12, with 49er favorites Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Roger Craig and Dwight Clark taking on NFL Hall of Famer Dan Marino from the Miami Dolphins and other all-stars in a "Legends of Candlestick" flag football game.